Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

你不可像那无知的骡马，必用嚼环辔头勒住它；不然，就不能驯服。

你不可像那无知的骡马，须用嚼环缰绳勒住，不然，它就不会靠近你。

你不可像那无知的骡马，须用嚼环缰绳勒住，不然，它就不会靠近你。

不要像无知的骡马，不用嚼环辔头就不驯服。”

你不可像无知的骡马，如果不用嚼环辔头勒住它们，它们就不肯走近。

你不要像没有悟性的骡马，如果不用嚼环和辔头勒住，它就不肯靠近你。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，必用嚼環轡頭勒住牠；不然，就不能馴服。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，須用嚼環韁繩勒住，不然，牠就不會靠近你。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，須用嚼環韁繩勒住，不然，牠就不會靠近你。

不要像無知的騾馬，不用嚼環轡頭就不馴服。」

你不可像無知的騾馬，如果不用嚼環轡頭勒住牠們，牠們就不肯走近。

你不可像無知的騾馬，須用嚼環轡頭做裝備去勒住牠，否則牠不走近你。

你不要像沒有悟性的騾馬，如果不用嚼環和轡頭勒住，牠就不肯靠近你。

勿效騾馬之無知、必以羈勒之轡制之、否則不馴兮、

勿效騾馬之無知兮、彼為人繫以繁纓、勒以轡環、否則不能馴從兮、

爾勿似馬似騾之無知、若不以銜韁約束其口、必不順從、

勿效拗騾。不甘馴御。載鞭載勒。斯知去處。

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

Don’t be like a horse or a mule. They can’t understand anything. They have to be controlled by bits and bridles. If they aren’t, they won’t come to you.

Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding, that must be controlled with bit and bridle or else it will not come near you.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding, that must be controlled with bit and bridle or else it will not come near you.

Be ye not as the horse,[ or] as the mule,[ which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double- minded.Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

“ For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying,“ What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.

“ I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,‘ You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.